The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1984 - 188 pages |
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... laws of ZAMOLXIS , concerning whom we know as little as of the Scythian DEU- CALION , or of ABARIS the Hyperborean , and to whose story even HERODOTUS gave no credit , I lament , for many reasons , that , if ever they exist- ed , they ...
... laws of ZAMOLXIS , concerning whom we know as little as of the Scythian DEU- CALION , or of ABARIS the Hyperborean , and to whose story even HERODOTUS gave no credit , I lament , for many reasons , that , if ever they exist- ed , they ...
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... laws of MENU were collected ; and for this belief , so repugnant to the general opinion , I am bound to offer my reasons . If the outline of history and chronology for the last two thou- fand years be correctly traced , ( and we must be ...
... laws of MENU were collected ; and for this belief , so repugnant to the general opinion , I am bound to offer my reasons . If the outline of history and chronology for the last two thou- fand years be correctly traced , ( and we must be ...
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... Laws of the Moral and Physical World . Translated from the French of M. de Mirabaud [ Holbach's pseu- donym ] by Samuel Wilkinson . London , T. Davison , 1820 , and London , R. Helder , 1821 . 14. Jones , Sir William . Two volumes ...
... Laws of the Moral and Physical World . Translated from the French of M. de Mirabaud [ Holbach's pseu- donym ] by Samuel Wilkinson . London , T. Davison , 1820 , and London , R. Helder , 1821 . 14. Jones , Sir William . Two volumes ...
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